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therevengeoffrankenstein · 4 months ago

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i'm sorry but actually yes it is an issue that x reader fanfictions as a genre are primarily focused on straight (presenting) relationships with primarily cis female readers. the answer is not that the cis women writing these fics are bad or should stop, but just that they should consider branching out (and i'm not forcing them to! just a suggestion of diversifying their portfolios! which they don't have to do!)! and also that other non cis female writers should be being uplifted, too, in addition to all the straight cis female reader fics.

#myevilposts #like relatively not a huge world ending issue. you know very well i'm not saying this is that important.#also i don't think trans people being annoyed about cis people dominating an entire subset of fandom at large as a culture #makes said trans people evil. also most of them not actually being misogynistic for pointing out cis dominance in this field.#it's almost like trans women also talk about feeling excluded by the predominance of cis female reader fics!#'ERM YOU HATE WOMEN BECAUSE YOU'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CIS DOMINATING A FIELD YOU LIKE!' no. try again.#i don't hate cis women for writing fics for themselves. i'm sad that that is all i see because it excludes me and my experiences as a #trans person. i've seen trans women also complaining about this and they are right to be upset for being excluded too.#'erm just write your own fics then!' i do. but i would also like to see more by other people.#i would like to see more trans and nonbinary writers' takes on x reader and them being uplifted and recommended and talked about #and encouraged not over but alongside fics by cis women.#i understand we want to (rightfully) defend x readers because there is pretty common misogynistic bias against them #because heaven forbid women have fun and do hobbies but like. trans people are starving here too.#there is room enough for cis female writers and trans writers and nonbinary writers.#this need not be oppression olympics.#it can be true simultaneously that people (wrongfully) hate on x readers for being primarily written by and for women and that trans #people are right to complain about cisheteronormativity in those same x reader spaces.#like i'm sure some of these trans people are being misogynistic because trans people are not immune to being bigoted in any way.#but also. the ones who aren't being misogynistic are just pointing out a very real trend of cisheteronormativity.#and that doesn't make them misogynistic. to acknowledge that they are being (even if unintentionally) excluded from a space.#okay um yes i'm a man. i'm a trans man. transmasc. if you don't like it don't interact?

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